by Quintin McClellan | Jan 17, 2019 | California, Latest News, Missouri, Montana, South Dakota, States, Virginia
Montana’s 2017 Bridge and Road Safety and Accountability Act (BRSA) has allowed the state’s department of transportation to match federal highway funds. Without the BRSA increase, Montana would have lost federal funding and local governments could not have...
by Carolyn Kramer | Oct 27, 2017 | California, Colorado, Delaware, Federal Transportation Funding, Indiana, Latest News, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington
Gov. Phil Bryant (R) told attendees of the Mississippi Economic Council’s 16th Annual Hobnob event on Oct. 25 that he would support putting a gas tax increase on the Nov. 2018 ballot for voter approval. Read More>> While most New Hampshire residents believe the...
by Carolyn Kramer | Aug 29, 2016 | Latest News, Minnesota, South Carolina, South Dakota, States, Texas
Transportation Funding Shortfalls With South Carolina ranked by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration as having some of the deadliest roads in the country, the state’s Department of Transportation knows it needs to make major safety improvements to the...
by Carolyn Kramer | Aug 25, 2016 | Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Latest News, Michigan, Nebraska, South Dakota, States, Utah, Washington
by Carolyn Kramer, Transportation Investment Advocacy Center Manager A new analysis of eight states that passed legislation to increase their state motor fuel taxes in 2015 to pay for important new transportation improvements shows that 98 percent of Republican and...
by Carolyn Kramer | Feb 18, 2016 | California, Federal Transportation Funding, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Latest News, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, States, West Virginia
There’s good news and bad news to report about the condition of America’s bridges. The good news is there were 2,574 fewer structurally deficient bridges in 2015 compared to the number in 2014. The bad news is there are still 58,500 on the structurally deficient...
by Carolyn Kramer | Feb 17, 2016 | Alaska, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Latest News, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, State Funding Initiatives Report, State Legislation, States, Tennessee, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin
Forty-four bills to increase transportation funding have been considered in 23 states so far in the 2016 legislative session, according to an updated report from the Transportation Investment Advocacy Center. Of those considering methods to increase transportation...
